Satellite Activity of the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM2006)

Objectives:
Importance of cultural exchange and international communication for the development of Mathematics.
Historical importance of the “three cultures” for the development of Mathematics.
Mathematics as a key discipline for scientific and technological development of developing countries and a universal instrument for peaceful coexistence between peoples.
Acquisition of scientific and mathematical knowledge at a high level.
Publication of the lecture notes by IMU.

Courses:

1. History of Mathematics
Serafina Cuomo (Imperial College, London) and José Ferreirós (Universidad de Sevilla)
Plenary speaker: Roshdi Rashed (CNRS, París). Title: Infinitesimal mathematics (IXe-XIIe Century).

2. Mathematical Education
Luis Rico (Granada), and Olimpia Figueras (CINVESTAV, México).
Plenary speaker: Jeremy Kilpatrick (University of Georgia, USA).

3. Statistics for Human Welfare
Mary Gray (American University) and Nora Donaldson (Kings College School of Medicine, London UK).
Plenary speaker: Fritz Scheuren (National Opinion Research Center Chicago and Washington , D.C. )

4. Mathematics and Economics
José Luis Fernández (UAM) and Luis A. Seco (Toronto).
Plenary speaker: Paul embrecht (ETM).

5. Mathematics and Biology: Biological Motion
Jair Koiller (FGV/RJ and Millenium Institute for Brazilian Mathematics) and John Bush (MIT)
Plenary speaker: Lisa Fauci (Tulane University).

6. Mathematics and Physics: Moduli spaces in geometry and physics
Oscar García Prada (CSIC, Madrid)and Ron Donagi (UPenn, Philadelphia).
Plenary speaker: S. Ramanan (Chennai, India)

7. An introduction to dynamical systems via continuous fractions
Lorenzo Díaz (Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro) and Carlos Gustavo Moreira (Instituto de Matemática Pura e aplicada, Brazil).
Plenary speaker: Maria Jose Pacifico

8. PDEs and applications
Edriss Titi (Irvine and Weizmann) and Nader Mosmoudu (Coyurant Institute).
Plenary speaker: Hatem Zaag (ENS, París).

MATHEMATICS FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT
Alexander Maz Machado
Departamento de Matemáticas
Universidad de Córdoba
Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación
San Alberto Magno s/n
14004- Cordoba
Kátia Aguiar
Secretária de Projetos
Departamento de Matemática
PUC-Rio
tel: 21 31141727
fax: 21 31141282
Kátia Aguiar
Secretária de Projetos
Departamento de Matemática
PUC-Rio
tel: 21 31141727
fax: 21 31141282 
infompd@uco.es